Lower middle income - Children out of school, primary, male

The value for Children out of school, primary, male in Lower middle income was 15,258,300 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26,637,100 in 1971 and a minimum value of 13,846,220 in 2007.

Definition: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 26,436,620
1971 26,637,100
1972 25,947,120
1973 24,933,520
1974 25,215,440
1975 24,826,150
1976 24,466,860
1977 23,158,260
1978 23,142,200
1979 22,906,110
1980 22,184,250
1981 21,602,330
1982 20,869,050
1983 20,536,330
1984 20,723,350
1985 21,391,760
1986 21,777,780
1987 22,697,420
1988 22,462,720
1989 22,236,190
1990 22,716,170
1991 23,074,280
1992 23,405,340
1993 23,205,150
1994 23,019,900
1995 23,826,700
1996 24,585,450
1997 24,996,980
1998 25,377,560
1999 25,133,360
2000 23,425,090
2001 22,848,500
2002 22,557,470
2003 21,674,190
2004 19,359,990
2005 17,791,700
2006 17,075,080
2007 13,846,220
2008 15,502,150
2009 16,399,200
2010 16,087,310
2011 17,030,130
2012 15,662,220
2013 14,944,550
2014 16,135,440
2015 16,776,390
2016 15,984,530
2017 16,022,380
2018 14,909,510
2019 15,258,300

Development Relevance: Large numbers of children out of school create pressure to enroll children and provide classrooms, teachers, and educational materials, a task made difficult in many countries by limited education budgets. However, getting children into school is a high priority for countries and crucial for achieving universal primary education.

Limitations and Exceptions: Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The number of out-of-school children is calculated by subtracting the number of primary school-age children enrolled in primary or secondary school from the total population of the official primary school-age children. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation